Where We Stand on Chronic Wasting Disease: A Systematic Literature Review of Its Prevalence Patterns, Impacts, and Management Interventions

S Bhattarai, RK Grala, NC Poudyal, SM Tanger… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
With 100% fatality and no cure, chronic wasting disease (CWD) has infected cervids in
multiple regions, including the United States, Canada, Europe, and South Korea. Despite …

Wildlife agency responses to chronic wasting disease in free‐ranging cervids

NE Thompson, MHJ Huang… - Wildlife Society …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Complex ecological and human‐influenced factors that are characteristic of chronic wasting
disease (CWD) have created substantial and unique challenges for effective management in …

The economic costs of chronic wasting disease in the United States

SJ Chiavacci - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Cervids are economically important to a wide range of stakeholders and rights holders in the
United States. The continued expansion of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal …

A call to action: Standardizing white-tailed deer harvest data in the Midwestern United States and implications for quantitative analysis and disease management

EE Brandell, DJ Storm, TR Van Deelen… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recreational hunting has been the dominant game management and conservation
mechanism in the United States for the past century. However, there are numerous modern …

Canine detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in laboratory and field settings

A Mallikarjun, B Swartz, SA Kane, M Gibison, I Wilson… - Prion, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that
affects both free-ranging and farmed cervid species, including mule deer, white-tailed deer …

Hunter concerns and intention to hunt in forested areas affected by wildlife disease

A Meeks, NC Poudyal, LI Muller, C Yoest - Forest Science, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Deer hunting is a major forest-based recreation activity in the US South. However, the recent
discovery of chronic wasting disease (CWD) threatens deer hunting in the region …

Knowledge, Beliefs, Agency Trust, and Perceived Risks Associated With Chronic Wasting Disease Among Kansas, North Dakota, and Illinois Deer Hunters

JJ Vaske, CA Miller - Environment and Behavior, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We examined the relationships among knowledge about CWD, normative beliefs about
CWD management, perceived trust in the managing agency, and perceived risks to deer …

Changes in Illinois hunters' beliefs about chronic wasting disease management between 2012 and 2022

JJ Vaske, CA Miller - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Previous human dimensions articles related to changes in perceptions about chronic
wasting disease (CWD) have focused on psychological variables (eg, risk, trust). We …

Hunters' willingness to pay to avoid processing costs associated with harvesting infected game

RK Adhikari, NC Poudyal, LI Muller… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - cambridge.org
We assessed hunters' willingness to participate in a scheme to recover the costs associated
with processing diseased game. The results indicated that fifty-one percent of the hunters in …

An empirical analysis of hunter response to chronic wasting disease in Alberta

JK Pattison-Williams, L Xie… - Human Dimensions …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has impacted wildlife management in Canada. An integral
partner in CWD management is the hunting community. This article empirically explored the …